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Etihad Airways flies first flight using fuel made in the UAE from plants grown in saltwater

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The initiative also addresses food security in the UAE through the farming of seafood as a core element in the process. This is a synergistic industrial platform that supports the aviation sector, the oil and gas industry, food production and the creation of a new agricultural alternative in the UAE.

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Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

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Together, the three quotes provide a framework for analyzing Saudi options heading into the December 4 OPEC meeting in Vienna and its choices vis-à-vis the OPEC outsiders (all members but Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar): reconciliation, separation, or divorce. percent increase) and 2016 (3.5 percent to $38.1

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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percent in 2016. Given this environment, it is not surprising that the revenue elasticity of production is highly sensitive, and negative. million), and its allies, UAE (2.87), Kuwait (2.8), and Qatar (.67), The Financial Times quoted analysts as estimating the Saudi budget deficit in 2015 at $130 billion. percent in 2014 to 3.3